Improvement in sulky-plows



E. w. RUSSELL.

Sulky-Plow.

Patented Sept. 7,1875.

ATTOBNEW.

RPETERS, PHOTO-UTHOGRAFHER, WASNlNGTON. D 0.

Unrnn T? ELI W. RUSSELL, OF ASHLEY, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN SULKY-PLOWS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 167 A74, datedSeptember 7, 11-375; application filed June 19, 1875.

To all whom it may concem Be it known that I, ELI W. RUSSELL, of Ashley,in the county of Pike and State of Missouri, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Riding-Plow, of which the following is aspecification:

Figure l is a side view of my improved plow. Fig. 2 is a top view of thesame.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The object of this invention is to furnish an improved riding-plow,which shall be so constructed that the riding attachment will notinterfere with the proper working of the plow, which will enable theplow to be withdrawn from beneath the soil and raised from the ground atthe same time, and by the same operation, and which shall be simple inconstruction and convenient in use.

The invention consists in the combination of the adjustable beam, thepivoted curved bars, the rigid arm, and the pivoted lever with the frameand the plow.

A is a rectangular frame, to which is attached the tongue B, by whichthe plow is guided. O is the wheel that runs in the furrow, and which ispivoted to the lower end of the standard D. The standard D extends upacross a side bar of. the frame A, and has a slot or a number of holesformed in it to receive the bolt or bolts by which it is secured to theframe A, so that it may be easily adjusted to cause the plow to rundeeper or shallower in the ground, as may be desired.

The standard D may be bolted to the frame A, or to a flanged castingattached to said frame. The latter construction is preferred, as holdingthe standard more firmly.

The wheel 0 D is placed in advance of the plow, so as to be out of theway of the furrow-slice when being turned, and is attached to theright-hand side of the frame A when a right-hand plow is to be used, andto the lefthand side of said frame when aleft-hand plow is to be used.

E is the wheel that runs upon the unplowed land, and which is placedupon the side of the frame A opposite the wheel G D, and in the rear ofthe plow, so as to properly balance the machine. The standard F isattached to the frame A in the same manner as the standard D, and ismade in two parts, swiveled to each other, so that the wheel may operateas a caster-wheel, and enable the machine to be easily turned in anydirection to plow around acorner or curve, or for other purposes. To thefront and rear bars of the frame A are attached one or more beams, G,

according as one ormore plows are to be used. v

The beams G are adjustable, so that they may be moved laterally as wideror narrower plows are to be used.

H is the plow, and I is the plow-beam, about the construction of whichparts there is nothing new. To the opposite sides of the forward part ofthe plow-beam I are pivoted two bent or U-shaped bars, J. The forwardarms of the bent bars J are the shorter, and are pivoted at their endsto an arm or bracket attached to the forward part of the beam G. Therear and longer arms of the bent bars J pass up upon the opposite sidesof the middle part of the beam G, and are connected by a bolt or pin,which, when the plow H is at work in the ground, rests upon the upperside of the said beam G, and which, when the plow H is raised from theground, rises above the said beam G. To the rear part or bend or theplow-beam I is rigidly attached a rearwardly-projecting arm, K, to theouter end of which is pivotedthe lower end of a lever, L. The lever L ispivoted to a bracket attached to the rear part of the beam G or frame A,and its upper end projects into such a position that it may be readilyreached and operated by the plowman with his foot while sitting upon hisseat.

By this construction, by pressing the upper end of the lever L downwardthe plow H I will be swung to the rearward to withdraw it from theground, and at the same time, and by the same movement, it will beraised from the ground.

The upper end of the lever L, when lowered, is caught and held by aspring-catch, M, at tached to the forward part of the frame A, so as tosupport the plow above the ground for any required length of time, forconvenience in passing to and from the field and from place to place.

N is the plowmans seat, the standard 0 of which is attached to the rearpart of the and the lever L with the frame A B and the frame A. plow HI, substantially as herein shown and Having thus described my invention,Iclaim described as new and desire to secure by Letters Pat- ELIW.RUSSELL. 1-, Witnesses:

The combination of the adjustable beam G, W. D. ORR,

the pivoted curved bars J, the rigid arm K, M. T. GRIGGS.

